This script is for Slackware 14.1 and may be outdated.

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ROOT is a data analysis framework used mostly, but not limited to,high energy physics. It was written in C++ by the techs at CERN toexplore the benefits of object oriented programming in physics data analysis. It consists of libraries, CINT or cling interpreter forC/C++, plotting interface and powerful parellel processing support.It is the preferred choice in many laboratories.

It comes with A LOT of different options for compilation. And itseems impossible to stress all of them in this one script. Thereforethe potential user is strongly advised to check the configurescript.

The script was written to suit basic offline data analysis withpossible GSL and FFTW support with full documentation and tutorials.It should be more than enough for normal user.

It has 2 optional dependencies: GSL (accessible from SlackBuilds)and fftw (part of the official Slackware packages).